oblate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oblate1 /ˈɒbleɪt/
▶noun a person dedicated to a religious life, but typically not having taken full monastic vows.
– origin C17: from Fr., from med. L. oblatus, past part. of L. offerre ‘to offer’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oblate2 /ˈɒbleɪt/
▶adjective Geometry (of a spheroid) flattened at the poles. Often contrasted with prolate.
– origin C18: from mod. L. oblatus, from ob- ‘inversely’ + -latus ‘carried’.
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